Thursday, April 05, 2018

Long ago I started to think

I have not stopped yet.

I never cared for the expression “too much time on your hands”. How can anyone really have too much time? Some activities allow you to think during the activity. Do you have time to think about my question?

riding tortoises allow time to think

Just reacting without thinking has gone badly too often. Planning certainly doesn’t work all the time either. A great plan includes options if the universe disagrees with your plan. You need time to create a great plan.

I’ve discovered over my career of thinking that being assigned a specific problem/task/challenge typically constraints your thinking. It helps to be focused. Now, I’m finished with my task oriented engineering career so I have more time to think about whatever. Free unstructured time provides the freedom to consider a vast unrelated collection of ideas/questions. There is a side effect of this freedom called confusion.

Social media (yes I’ll admit blogs are part of social media but different than Fakebook) throws an overwhelming amount of topics/concerns/problems in your face to consider. It takes extra effort to take time to think about this stuff popping up on your social media feed.

Never used on a TV game show - CareerBuilder early 2017 survey says: 70% of employers use social media to screen candidates before hiring. (imagine a game show based on CareerBuilder surveys - total fail)

You know that expression of walking around in another person's shoes. It’s not about stealing used footwear but changing your perspective on the life other people experience. Over at the Long Hollow blog I found a link to this clip called “Complainers”. (note I’m not complaining)

I realize my postings don’t always make sense. However, so much in the world fails to make sense. Making cents doesn’t make complete sense. Have you ever compared what a few people earn to what most people earn? Of course there is discrimination in paying people. Even if you disregard discrimination you’ll notice that large sums of money go to people for just their endorsement. The endorsement doesn’t even need to be more than their image on an advertisement.

The concept of being your own brand didn’t exist when I was young. I’ve squinted at my face in the morning mirror and thought my wonderful hair should be worth a thousand or more. That’s my two cents about that.

I’m suspect incomes have always been illogical and seldom based on the effort involved in the work.

about lisleman

I was not born lisleman. I moved there. I was born a baby. I started breathing air more than sixty years ago. Oh if you happen to read a news report about
"Lisle man" please notice my moniker is one word. I'm not responsible
for my crazy neighbors.

Sha la la lala live for today.

One of the best things of my life
(everyone's I think) is learning. I like science especially physics.
Don't ever stop asking why because there is an endless amount to
learn. Two of our daughters became teachers. This and our grandkids keeps the learning idea alive for me.

I've accepted that we all have different talents. Most of time this works well for everyone unless your talent is illegal.

Blog on and don't lose that linky feeling.

Does anyone read this far down on these things? I should hide a secret password to a bank account with some money in it. Anyone have a spare bank account with a little cash?